The Cibola National Forest and Grasslands are located in New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma, and are part of the Southwestern Region.

The Cibola National Forest covers more than 1.6 million acres in New Mexico, with elevations ranging from 2,700 feet to over 11,300 feet. We have four ranger districts: Sandia, Mountainair, Magdalena, and Mt. Taylor. In addition, the Cibola has four wilderness areas: Sandia Mountain, Manzano Mountain, Withington, and Apache Kid.

The Cibola also administers four National Grasslands: Black Kettle, McClellan Creek, Kiowa, and Rita Blanca, which cover 263,261 acres in northeastern New Mexico, western Oklahoma, and northern Texas.

The United States was the first country in the world to define and designate wilderness areas through law when the Wilderness Act of 1964 was passed in a nearly unanimous vote. By doing so, Congress enacted landmark legislation that permanently protected some of the most natural and undisturbed places in America.

The Cibola National Forest and Grasslands has four Congressionally-designated Wilderness Areas.

For more information about the Wilderness Act and the activities planned, go to: Wilderness 50 Years